States of mind

Ohio is in the neurotic Northeast, they say. I'd argue that we fit better in the friendly,
conventional middle regions except that the researchers describe that area in ways that don't fit
quite my perceptions of it.

The researchers used personality test data from more than a million people nationwide to come up
with a mood map of the country. They describe the West as relaxed and creative, the middle portion
of the country as friendly and conventional and the east as temperamental and uninhibited.

There's also a profile for each state. Ohio ranks fairly high in extroversion (18th) and
neuroticism (12th) and fairly low in agreeableness (36th) and conscientiousness (30th). Must be
those temperamental showoffs in Cleveland who are skewing the results. It doesn't sound like
central Ohio to me.

The study found that Wisconsin was the most extroverted state and Vermont the most introverted.
Wisconsin more extroverted than California? Seems unlikely.

The Time.com website has a link to a short personality test you can take to see which state best
suits your temperament. Apparently, I belong in conscientious, open, agreeable Montana. (Nah. Too
cold.)